English 11 Lit Terms

What is:
 a story in which characters, setting, and events stand for other people or events or for abstract ideas or qualities.

• allegory
• allusion
• atmosphere

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is 
a reference to someone or something that is known from history, literature, religion politics, sports, science or some other branch of culture

• allusion
• foreshadowing
• ambiguity
• irony

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is 
a technique by which a writer deliberately suggest two or more different, and sometimes conflicting meanings in a work.

• ambiguity
• flashback
• allusion
• dramatic irony

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is 
the mood or feeling created in a piece.

• atmosphere
• symbol
• point of view
• metonymy

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is 
a way of speaking that is characteristic of a certain social group or the inhabitants of a certain geographical area.

• dialect
• motif
• allegory
• flashback

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is 
Literary word choice.

• diction
• dialect
• point of view
• paradox

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is 
a scene that interrupts the normal chronological sequence of events in a story to depict something that happened in an earlier time.

• flashback
• atmosphere
• allusion
• situational irony

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

What is 
the use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later on in a plot.

• foreshadowing
• motif
• paradox
• symbol

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is 
type of literary work- i.e. historical, mystery, sports, fantasy, science fiction, contemporary, etc.

• genre
• ambiguity
• situational irony
• motif

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is 
a character says one thing, but really means something else

• verbal irony
• satire
• style
• dialect

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3